Bloodthirsty Bitches and Pious Pimps of Power: The Rise and Risks of the New Conservative Hate Culture by Gerry Spence

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I have read most of Gerry Spence's books ,thorough more

I have read most of Gerry Spence's books ,thoroughly enjoyed them all, and have written reviews on several of them.I am an engineer but that doesn't preclude me from following politics ,both here in Canada and the US,where I lived for 5 years.While there, I worked for AT&T ,one of ,if not the world's largest,and in my opinion best corporations.That was in the 60's ,but thanks to what the politicians of both stripes,the Bell System has been wrecked,and now the lead in world communications,has been "given away" like so many other great American industries,North America is not today what it once was,and when we look at the media ,and politics today,we can understand why. I know politicians of both liberal and conservative persuasion,and for the most part they are a pretty sad lot. Gerry Spense makes a lot of good sense and presents good arguments for his ideas;but unfortunately this book is too far one-sided,and if he had used arguments that were not all liberal,his book would have had much greater credibility. The only segment of society that he seems to hold up as nobel is that of trial lawyers.Thalk about people who look after themselves first and carry on with an air of superiority of working for the little guy;give me a break.If Spense were to show how bad some lawyers can be,I am sure he would choose conservatives to highlight, while giving a pass to liberal ones. Spense, beautifully shows how the political process has been hijacked by career politicians,but he fails to show how it is by both parties.The media has also fallen into the abyss of bias and agendae of the people who present the news as honest reporting and journalism;when as many recent studies have clearly shown it is not. Spense has taken up the "war cry" of calling the conservatives Nazi and Hitler like.This is done by both sides and seems to be something that exposes inner feelings of hate ;rather than logical arguments. What I would like Spence do is to follow up this book with one written from a conservative viewpoint.He would have no trouble finding names ,examples and whatnot to make his points. In his chapter of offering ways to make the political process more representative of the people;he makes some good points. Term limits and party affiliations would be a great place to start;but in spite of Spense's great respect for trial lawyers,and lawyers in general,and his hatred of business and corporations,another good place to start wound be to get that obsene over representation of lawyers out of politics.If there are too many bad politicians,you need look no further than the lawyers,who make up the onverwhelming majority of them. How about it Gerry,lets hear the rest of the story, or would like asking a capitalist to expound on the merits of socialism?
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